A few years ago I found this beautiful lined stretch-lace tank for $5 on a sale rack at JJill! But . . . it turned out that the color made my already-pale skin looked even more washed out . . . and it got several snags from a clothes-eating teacher’s desk . . . so I decided to get out my trusty scissors to rescue it from its lonely existence at the back of the closet. Here’s what I made:
- A headband
- A flower pin and hair bow (each with a vintage earring in the center)
- A mini origami lotus bag (paired with a bit of coral velvet from a robe my mom-in-law made and some thin gold cord)
- A bracelet purse (paired with a cotton remnant in the same color family for lining)
- A luggage tag (lace back paired with the same remnant and some burlap ribbon)
- A contrast-corner pillow (lace back paired with the same remnant and the lace from the tank’s neckline across the corners)
Loved it . . . hated it . . . now love it again! ♥
Love all of it..soo pretty!!
Thank you! That was so fun! But now I’d better quit chopping up my clothes and make something else!
Haha.. LOL on the “chopping-up” part….. ever since i started the project on hair clips and scrunchies .. i cant stop chopping up my scarfs…:)
Some projects are just downright addictive, aren’t they!
Your hair adornments are SO pretty and have inspired me to make some! So thank you for that! 
scarves i mean.. sorry on the below comment.. something happened and i accidentally press the reply/post comment button.. duh.. me and computers..dont go along that well..
Love these…will need a closer look at some of them
You would love making the bracelet purse! It’s great for a little girl . . . or for a small evening bag. The luggage tags are fun, too, and with the right fabric can even be a guy gift.
Wow! You rock the second “R”!
you are amazing! we are all impressed and my daughter thinks this is super cool!
What a sweet thing to say!!!:) Have a wonderful weekend with your lovely family!
Dang everything you make is so cute and elegant!! I love it a lot!!!
Oh, thank you!!! Really I’m just having fun!
Okay, that’s it. I can’t take it anymore.
Either you are going to have to adopt me or I am sending you all my old clothes so you can turn them in to cool new things. Of course you’ll have to send the new things back to me.
Cheers,
Laura, your new dependent
Actually, now I want to do that!!! Because you have such a beautiful wardrobe, I can only imagine what fun I’d have!
Seriously . . . email me at k_scraper@hotmail.com for my mailing address . . . choose one item you no longer wear . . . and I’ll work my magic, mail it back to you, and we can both blog about it. Okay??? 
Seriously?! That is so cool! Now I will be up all night thinking about what I can send…but I have a thought.
I’ll email you tomorrow. I’m soooo excited!!
Yay!!! Can’t wait!
Can I come and live in your closet? I love this collection !!
Sure!
But your creations so inspire me, too! 
You’re amazing! I’ll never look at things the same way again!
Aw, thanks! It’s fun to be able to use something so pretty again, even it it’s in an entirely different way!
You’re so creative and talented! I wish I could sew!
I’ll bet you can! Find a friend with a sewing machine and try something simple like a pillow for starters. You might get hooked on it!
I love that flower pin!
They’re super easy! If you follow the links you’ll find a tutorial. I’ve used ALL kinds of fabrics and all kinds of buttons and *jewels* for the centers, and you can put either a pin or a hair clip on the back. They’re sort of addictive!
You. are so talented and creative!!
Thank you, Gerol! I wish we lived a bit closer so we could sew and craft together!!!
great idea! looks amazing xx
Thank you!
Man, your brains are way to fertile for only one person… Lol! Everything look amazing and so feminine
amazing how many items you could do with a small tank…
HA! You’re so funny!
But thank you for the nice compliment! 
These are super cute! Some of these ideas would work really well for left over scraps of material too
Thanks for the ideas xXx
Yes, they would! That’s how I usually make these things, but the lace was just too hard to pass up!
I can deffinatley see why! Really nice lace can be hard to come across sometimes! xXx
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